Personal Injury Litigation (Wildy Practice Guides)

This new edition of Personal Injury Litigation deals with the new rules governing road traffic claims and contains useful guidance and checklists for both claimants and defendants dealing with these claims. This fourth edition not only brings this much used book up-to-date but enhances the original text by introducing chapters on limitation and fatal accident claims. A section on the common pitfalls and how to avoid them will help practitioners ensure that their cases run smoothly. Personal Injury Litigation provides a wide ranging introduction to the major elements of personal injury litigation. It deals with liability, damages and procedure. It gives practical guidance on dealing with the new procedure for low value claims in road traffic cases and provides summaries and checklists for both claimants and defendants. The more difficult areas such as costs, limitation and fatal accidents are also covered with guidance on important issues like serving proceedings and drafting witness statements. Personal Injury Litigation is an invaluable asset to trainees, newly qualified solicitors and paralegals and assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. It will also act as a practical guide for the busy practitioner.

Gordon Exall originally qualified as a solicitor and was called to the Bar in 1991. Gordon is former Executive Committee Member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and author of Munkman on Damages for Personal Injury and Death; Periodical Payments: The New Law and The APIL Guide to Fatal Accidents.